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Matty’s Train Ride 

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Matty’s Train Ride Written by Tracy Sinclair 

Illustrated by Keli Marchbank 

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Copyright © 2015 by U.S. Healthcare Partners, Inc.

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

Non-profit: This book is not authorized for retail distribution. It will be provided “free of charge” to Children’s Hospitals throughout the U.S. For additional copies, please contact Joe Farris @ (949) 261-5000.

First Printing: 2015

Publisher: Lulu.com PO Box 10129 Newport Beach, CA 92658 HIP-inc.com

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to Matthew Sinclair for whom this story was written.

Matty Sinclair

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A  lively pink and orange  sunset  streaked  the  clear blue sky the evening Matty was born. 

 

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As  soon  as  the  sun  went  down, Matty made  his appearance.  He  came  screaming  into  the  hospital room with  a  radiant  smile,  a  loud  voice,  and  a  giant heart.  

 Mommy  kissed his blushed  cheeks. Daddy  and his 

brother,  Joey,  looked  on  with  curiosity  and  smiles. What would Matty be like? 

 As Matty continued  to grow, his  smile,  loud voice, 

and  giant  heart  grew  too.

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"Toot‐Toot!" Matty screeched as he tugged his toy train along the kitchen table. 

 "Toot‐ Toot!" Mommy echoed from behind the 

stove as she made dinner for Matty’ s birthday.   Matty had fallen in love with trains. He knew 

everything about them. He was soon going to depart on an adventure and refused to travel on anything other than a train. So, train travel it was! 

    

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 As  the  family  boarded  the  train  the  sky  painted  a 

familiar  portrait  with  red  and  yellow  streaks.  The family  knew  this  was  going  to  be  a  memorable adventure. 

 Matty's  family  was  going  to  California  because 

Matty was born with a radiant smile, a loud voice, and a giant heart, but he was also sick and needed help.  

 Help was a hospital  in California,  so off  they went 

and the adventure started right away!   Matty  and  Joey  held  hands  when  they  were 

walking, when they were talking and when they were sleeping. When they weren’t holding hands they were exploring the train. 

  

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   They  stopped  in  Virginia  and  explored  Thomas 

Jefferson's house. The two boys were excited to learn about the former president and how he helped create the United States, as we know it today. 

 Next  they  stopped  in Washington  D.C. Matty  and 

Joey  decided  they  would  be  great  presidents  like Abraham  Lincoln while  standing  in  front  of  his  huge statue.  

 Sometimes, Matty felt so sick they could not get off 

the train. Those were long train days.     

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        They next stopped  in Chicago,  Illinois. Chicago was 

full  of  hotdogs,  popcorn,  and  baseball. No  one  sang the  song  'Take Me Out  to  the Ballgame' as  loud and hard as Matty. At Wrigley Field the boys decided they would be baseball players. 

      

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       As  the  family  traveled  across  the  country, Matty 

looked out of the window and was sure he had never seen so much land. 

 Matty  saw  the  greenest  land with  countless  trees 

along  the  mountain  ranges.  Mostly,  Matty  saw  flat land with lots of animals, farms, and crops. 

     

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       Finally,  the  family arrived  in California. When  they 

got  off  the  train, Matty  decided  that  he  didn't  like trains as much as he thought he did.  

 Matty  needed  to  go  to  the  hospital  right  away.  It 

was scary at the hospital with hushed voices and new faces.  But  everyone  was  very  nice.  Here,  the  boys finally decided they were going to be doctors. 

    

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       Beep...beep...beep.  The  noises were  never  ending 

and...well...annoying. Mommy  tried  to comfort Matty from  the  pinches  and  pokes  by  nurses  and  doctors. But it was Joey who held Matty's hand.  

 Matty needed surgery. That day was a long day, like 

on the train.    Both boys were scared and continued to hold hands 

until it was time for Matty to go.   

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        It was early in the morning when Matty awoke from 

surgery. The sky was light blue and crystal clear. Matty looked  out  of  the  hospital  window  and  saw  many things. He saw busy streets, trees, sunshine and lots of smiling faces.  

 When Matty looked out of the hospital window that 

day  he  didn't  know what  he wanted  to  be when  he was older. Right now he wanted to be the kid he was born to be … with a radiant smile, a  loud voice and a big  heart. Matty  used  his  loud  voice  and  SCREAMED 

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for  Joey's hand.   They smiled and  laughed. Matty knew that his real adventure was just starting.  His  life  was  going  to  be  full  of excitement, he was sure of it!  

  

About the Author 

 

Tracy Sinclair  is a second grade school teacher  in  Irvine, California.   She and her husband Joe (Matty’s brother) are excited to welcome their first child this spring.  

About the Illustrator 

 

Keli Marchbank  is a middle/high  school art  teacher  in  the Newport‐Mesa Unified School District. She said: “It was a privilege illustrating this book for the children who read it”.  

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Corporate Sponsor: 

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